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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
Honestly, I've been pretty happy with our forward group recently. Backlund, Mangiapane, Dube, Lucic, Ryan and Jankowski have all improved greatly since the break, with Mangiapane looking like a legitimate 2nd liner recently. Those improvements could be what we need more than an extra body.
I know you aren't one of them but so many people were clamoring for a top 6 forward and other than a couple, they simply weren't available and those that were cost an exorbitant amount.
Adding a defensive defenseman like Forbort IMO is huge, he is really being underrated by the posters on here. The only reason his cost was so cheap is he missed the first half of the season with a back injury. He is a legitimate stay at home top 4 defenseman when healthy and he's just recently got back up to 20+ minutes a night (played 23 in his last game). He should be a nice add to our PK as well, which is desperately needed with Hammer out. I wouldn't be shocked in the slightest if he were re-signed by the Flames.
As for Gustafsson, I'm less excited. He should help our PP and he was great last year but I never thought he'd come close to repeating those numbers again. But maybe he'll fint in and find his transitional game again and really turn our PP2 into a weapon.
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I'm pretty happy with the additions too. Not because they're amazing but because they're cost effective.
We're definitely in agreement here. I would have liked to add a top 6 forward, sure. Especially one with term. But realistically, the deadline isn't the time to do that. That's a draft day deal. Looking around on the deals that did get made, I definitely do not feel like we missed out on anything